Monthly Archives: April 2014

WHOOLOPIN WEBSNAPPERS THE ORIGINAL KING OF THE SPIDERS IS BACK. Does it live up to the hype? Read on and find ouuuuuut. “Lucky To Be Alive” WRITER: Dan Slott PENCILER: Humbero Ramos INKER: Victor Olazaba COLORS: Edgar Delgado “Capturing That Old Spark” WRITERS: Dan Slott & Christos Gage PENCILER:…

“The reports of my death were greatly exaggerated.” Greetings, Spidey fans, and welcome to this review of the very first issue of The Amazing Spider-Man! Okay, technically, this the third very first issue, and if we ignore that we’re living in the All-New Marvel NOW! era, it’s more accurate…

As a Spider-Man fan who has a daughter, I applaud McDonalds for making Spider-Man toys that both boys and girls will want to play with. Spidey is for both genders and this is the first time I can remember both having the same Happy Meal toys.

1966 Golden Record 1999 Sunburst Variant Romita’s Variant Authentix Variant Back of variant If you think Amazing Spider-Man #1 variants are a new thing, they aren’t. Back in the 1966 a variant of Amazing Spider-Man #1 came out. It included a copy of the book and the story was…

This weekend I attended C2E2 in Chicago with my nephews and met up with several Kickstarter projects that successfully had their comics or graphic novels funded. We all had a wonderful conversation about our experiences and seeing our dreams come to life. Late on Saturday night I was taking…

Marcos Martin is a Spanish comic book artist, who has worked on a number of successful and acclaimed series, including Batgirl: Year One, Dr. Strange: The Oath and his digital only series Private Eye. His first published work in the US appeared in The Batman Chronicles #12 in 1998.…

We answers your dozens of questions from our message board. Some of the highlights include. *What villains should Spider-Man kill, or could he? *Do you read every part of a crossover if it’s in books you don’t currently collect? *What B list villain like Electro could be upgraded to…

A few weeks back Amazon announced that they had acquired Comixology. What this meant for digital comic readers was unclear, but the comments from both companies seemed positive. Thanks Ryan3178 for pulling these quotes; “ComiXology’s mission is to spread the love of comics and graphic novels in all forms,”…

Okay, remember this odd solicit that came out earlier this week: 100TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 SPIDER-MAN MARVEL COMICS (W) Sean Ryan (A/CA) In-Hyuk Lee CLASSIFIED You probably asked yourself, “Wait a minute? Spider-Man isn’t 100 years old. He just celebrated his 50th two years ago. What is this a…

Why stop a good thing? Here is the first variant for the second issue of Amazing Spider-Man # 2. How many will there be for this issue? Will they reach half a million copies pre-ordered? This is the variant for Midtown Comics in NYC.

J. Scott Campbell Variant Cover Diamond Summit Disposable Heroes Fan Expo Regina Forbidden Planet Maximum Comics Newbury Comics Planet Comics Stan Lee Variant Zapp Comics There is a reason the book is called Amazing Spider-Man because I’m amazed at the sheer number of variants coming out for this first issue of volume…

In this episode we review Superior Spider-Man # 29 and # 30. *We break down the pros and cons and give the two issues a grade. *Brad is joined by George and Michael *Was Ock out of character in this book? *Are you a fan of Mary Jane’s new…

In this over sized anniversary issue (although technically it’s the 101st Guardian comic or the 14th, depending on how you want to look at it), Agent Venom joins the Guardians of the Galaxy, just in time for the team to be dismantled. Guardians of the Galaxy #14: New Recruits…

Put on your best pair of spandex and head into work as Spider-Man. Friday, April 25th is national “Go To Work As Spider-Man” day. As many of you know my day job is a feature reporter for my local NBC station. I’m doing a story with two disc jockeys…

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We’re a couple days late, but JR takes us back to July 1979 for this edition of Spider-History. The issues he tackles include: *Amazing Spider-Man Annual #13 *Peter Parker:Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1 *Amazing Spider-Man # 194-First Black Cat! *Marvel Team Up #83 *Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man # 32 You can also subscribe to the show […]